one saturday

This is what I wore.

 My  friend's son had a birthday party.
Her mom made this incredible looking cake!

Fun fact: her mom, & my mom have the exact same name. They also spell it the same way.

Check out Miss D's nails on the right.  
Funny thing is my nails were painted alternative colors too, except mine were shades of green while hers were blue & red.

My plaid shorts/pants are thrifted.

This lady bug took turns crawling on us.

This girl made her bracelet.

If  I like something someone else is wearing or has, I ask if I can snap their photo.

I am digging these earrings.

My friend's necklace.

I think it's elegant.

This is NOT my tattoo.
It is after my own heart. :) It's for her grandma who played the guitar. The dove is after the song 
On the Wings of A Dove.

What I didn't tell her when I took her photo,
is that I play the guitar,
& I have a dove tattooed,
on my right back shoulder.

To all you amazing moms out there.  
Happy Mother's Day!

One of my favorite moms with my niece.

One of my favorite moms with my nephew.

For everything you do everyday,
we love you, appreciate you,
 & think you're fantastic! :)

kind of easter related

Or maybe it's all just April related. 

Here's what I wish I wore on Easter:

Victorian Style Lace Top & Purple Camisole

Anna Sui Floral Top

Corduroy Skirt with Handmade Boombox Patch

Boho Dress

Purple Studded Shoes

Unfortunately I've been fighting a horrible cough 
& cold for over a week, so on Easter Day,
this girl, (meaning me), was looking rough.


Here's what I wore in April last year.

April 2011

I made my headband.
My cousin made my necklace, & earrings.

April 2011 

My friend made my bracelet.

Me with my guy in Easter 2010,
 at friend's house. 

My mom made the jacket I'm wearing.

This April my twin nieces,
playing in their grandparents backyard.

Notice my favorite flowers, daffodils. 

This April, my nephew with the Easter Bunny.

Can you tell he's at the grocery store?

My nephew & my brother,
on an Easter Egg Hunt, this year. 

Notice the football Easter basket.

My art journal pages

It says: I don't have a secret happy place.
For I love my whole house. 

Those look like Aunt Teddi's favorite chips, Cheetos.

I wonder what's in that yellow Easter egg.

I think my nephew might be dancing. 

Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress

...She would never forget how sunlight streamed through the wavery glass of her bedroom window. Sparkles of dust danced like tiny diamonds in a column of light. It was a moment of uncanny beauty, little jewels floating and sparkling, here in the middle of the room on this day...

an element of gray

"Day after day, I'm more confused

Alice + Olvia Fall RTW 2011

Aigner Fall RTW 2011

Yet I look for the light through the pourin' rain        
You know that's a game
that I hate to lose

Aigner Fall RTW 2011

 

Alvireo Martini Fall RTW 2011

And I'm feelin' the strain
Ain't it a shame 

Alvireo Martini Fall RTW 2011

Oh, give me the beat boys
and free my soul

Alvireo Martini Fall RTW 2011

I wanna get lost
in your rock n roll
And drift away... 

Alvireo Martini Fall RTW 2011

Beginnin' to think that I'm wastin' time

I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind

My guy not looking at the camera.

 
Now I'm countin' on you
To carry me through...

My guy in a collage of gray.

And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me

My twin nieces wearing gray dresses.

And when I'm feelin' blue
 The guitar's comin' through

To soothe me

Thanks for the joy that you've given me

My nephew wearing gray.

I want you to know I believe in your song

And rhythm and rhyme and harmony 

Looks like my nephew spilled his drink,
 all over his shirt.
I do that all the time too.

You help me along
Makin' me strong...

Little me on my 1 yr old birthday.
I'm with my mom, &
 the teddy bear cake she made me.
It wasn't originally black & white,
 but I altered it to fit the theme of this post.

Hey, hey, hey, yeah
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away"...-Dobie Gray Drift Away Lyrics

ice blue

I found some fashion of blustery ice blue.

Christian Dior Fall RTW 2011

I took some photos of the ice blue things I saw, outside my car window, as we drove past.

Do we ever really see the beauty of things around us?

  

My cousin's gorgeous Christmas tree.

Christian Dior Fall RTW 2011

For, I didn't realize how beautiful the state I once lived in was,

until I lived there no longer.
  

Christian Dior Fall RTW 2011

Basso & Brooke RTW Fall 2011 

Chris Benz Fall RTW 2011

Basso & Brooke RTW Fall 2011 

Christian Dior Fall RTW 2011

Every year I tell my cousin how exquisite her Christmas tree looks,
& every year she doesn't believe me.
When will she see it for herself?

My niece with her face in an ice blue bowl.

My nephew wearing an ice blue guitar,
drinking out of an ice blue cup.

Little me wearing ice blue, with my cousins.
I'm the one on my cousin's lap.
The same cousin that decorated
that striking ice blue Christmas tree.